TTT Extras 1: ‘The Long and the Short of It’

Looking for a particular interview with Alan Lee a few weeks ago, I ended up watching all the extras that came with the theatrical version of The Two Towers. I realised I hadn’t seen some of the material before, much less capped it.

I know that a lot of images from the footage I capped are available on the Internet. But I wanted my own, so I capped them anyway. For those of you who don’t already have screencaps from these extras, or who want more, the next several posts will be of interest to you.First up is The Long and the Short of It. None of the caps below come from the actual short film Sean Astin made, but from documentary material that covers the making of it. I find the actual feature extremely forgettable, but I'm glad Sean got everyone on board to make it, since it occasioned some great making-of footage.

There's good material for everyone involved, but it will come as no surprise that I only capped the moments featuring "Frodo's actor". I really enjoyed the sequences showing Elijah Wood being Elijah Wood [for the camera, of course]. I hope you will, too.

Note: All the caps below have all been slightly cropped and tweaked for sharper focus and better lighting.

The first series of caps below comes from the feature, "The Making of The Long and the Short of It".

I am sure the sequence below comes from the same footage, but the images actually are made from frames that appear in the feature called, "Return to Middle-earth: WB Special".

Recent Entries:

~ TTT Extras Pt. 1: 'The Long and the Short of It'.

~ TTT Extras Pt. 2: Assorted caps with Elijah Wood.

~ TTT Extras Pt. 3: Elijah Wood interviewed, looking like angel.

~ TTT Extras Pt. 4: Miscellaneous stills and publicity shots.

~ TTT Extras Pt. 5: Screencaps from the extras compared to final film versions.

Comments:

Ooh Mechtild, I see you have posted a wealth of behind-the-scenes screencap entries today. These are terrific caps of Elijah in his role as Sean's 'second assistant director.' It's late here and I need my beauty sleep, but I'm looking forward to coming back and browsing the other entries tomorrow,

Thanks for these ~ it makes me want to watch all the DVD 'extras' again.

Hi, Rakshi! You may post these where ever you like. I don't know what SANET is, but if you suggest it, I'm sure it is fine. When I look at my bookmarks for "LotR" or "Frodo" screencaps, the list gets smaller and smaller as sites disappear. If you want to copy and paste these into some other site, sites that will never see this one, be my guest. "Frodo lives!"

Thank you very much! I have always loved these behind-the-scenes features and it's great to have some images to remind me of them. Makes me want to watch them all again! We're so lucky the documentary film-makers covered everything. Thanks for taking the time and effort to screencap it.

I hope one day it will be possible to buy the works: everything Costa Botes filmed, and all the publicity and production stills Pierre Vinet took. For a fan, there's almost no such thing as too many extras.

Yep, he was a golden boy. I still love that clip of him talking with the dialect coach, Roisin Carty. I don't know if he was intending to chat her up or not, but I always let her expressions of slightly flushed delight stand for mine, had it been me.